are your local bar rules as dumb as mine?

beneath_the_sur said:
WOW the bangers ive met say you can never touch the 8 till your on it cant use it in combos or caroms
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I played a banger in a bar a few months ago practicing for the state tourney (bar box), as I only have a 9 footer at home.

He makes the 8-ball out of turn, and looks at me and says "do we spot it" ?? I could have said yes, as running out would have been more fun, but I wanted him to LEARN.

No, you lose. You made the 8ball out of turn. He asks, "are you sure'... I said yeah, that rule has been in place like 600 years (he has no idea how long 8ball has been around) and then says Ok, lets play another one ;)
 
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sbpoolleague said:
Quicker, not easier. "Easier" is what APA rules are for.
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Lol :smile:. C'mon man....you can't deny that bih any where on the table after a scratch vs bih behind the line makes it easier to run out

You also can't deny that open break makes it easier to break and run vs closed break.


Wanna tell me again which league has both of those 2 rules that makes it easier to run out ?
 
smashmouth said:
the 100 or so regulars and semi regulars at my local pub, very working class blue collar spot, almost unanimously swear by the following;

-cue ball behind head string on fouls
- must shoot up table
-a foul is pretty much only a cueball going into a pocket
-any missed shot of any kind or fouls of any kind you just lose turn, opponent plays cue ball where it lies
-balls must be pocketed call shot call pocket including rails, caroms, etc....
- a few other wacky ones I can't remember

they think ball in hand makes for an easier game and any explanation of the "hitting a rail after contact" rule is received with high levels of confusion and beweliderment

can usually be quite fun EXCEPT when trying to get an actual real game going
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Ours are dumber. same type bar, basically same rules. Also, if your opponent leaves the CB too close to the rail, you can move the CB the thickness of your cue butt !!!
 
JoeyInCali said:
Scoop the cue ball with the ferrule to jump it is legal in most bars.:eek:
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This is found atleast in my experience is because they simply were never taught how to jump
Its juat something another banger shown them and is accepted because none of them know better
 
lorider said:
Lol :smile:. C'mon man....you can't deny that bih any where on the table after a scratch vs bih behind the line makes it easier to run out

You also can't deny that open break makes it easier to break and run vs closed break.


Wanna tell me again which league has both of those 2 rules that makes it easier to run out ?
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Again how easily it makes to run out is not the issue
Play better
For see where the cueball is going amd dont scratch then you wont get run out on so "easily"

Its about making you accountable for your errors and hopefully making you want to improve so you dont sell the game out
 
beneath_the_sur said:
This is found atleast in my experience is because they simply were never taught how to jump
Its juat something another banger shown them and is accepted because none of them know better
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And nobody has taught them the etiquette to leave the chalk on the table after you miss. I just love it when they take the only chalk on the table with them after they lose their turn.
I've also learned to leave the cue stick in FRONT of the rack when racking.
Way too many idiots out there breaking right after you lift the plastic triangle.


Bar rules? I've seen posted bar rules that are totally wrong.

Playing in bars is so not worth it.
 
lorider said:
Lol :smile:. C'mon man....you can't deny that bih any where on the table after a scratch vs bih behind the line makes it easier to run out

You also can't deny that open break makes it easier to break and run vs closed break.


Wanna tell me again which league has both of those 2 rules that makes it easier to run out ?
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I think the rule was to "punish" folks for scratching. Thus, better players scratch less on the break and get rewarded for it. I think APA does not always want the better player to win, actually, I think the rules are there to help the lesser player. Also, why some matchers take 2 hours to play ;) Not saying if this is good or bad, but that it just is ?
 
Um... print out the real rules a couple of time and hand them out?
Or get proper players in there :thumbup:

We get wild looks and interested long glances when we play cut throat, 14.1 or cowboy.

Cheers!
M
 
ChicagoRJ said:
I think the rule was to "punish" folks for scratching. Thus, better players scratch less on the break and get rewarded for it. I think APA does not always want the better player to win, actually, I think the rules are there to help the lesser player. Also, why some matchers take 2 hours to play ;) Not saying if this is good or bad, but that it just is ?
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I never looked at rules the way a lot of you guys do. I have just never thought of rules as punishing....penalizing or rewarding players ..they have always just been plain ole rules to me.

My game is bad enough as it is without thinking I am being penalized whenever I commit a foul lol.

There is some truth to your point about apa not always wanting the better player to win but I look at it as they want a lesser player to have a chance to win and i tend to agree with that.

If lesser players continually got the crap beat out of them week after week many would eventually give up. I dont want to hear.....well just suck it up and get better. I have heard that saying on here numerous times but in reality there are not many posters on here that would continually pay out money week after week playing in open tournaments to be somebody's rack boy. Oh yea they will do it every so often but not week after week to go 2 and out.

Some matches take 2 hours ? Not in my area during a regular league night. We start at 7:30 and normally finish by 11:00. That's 3 and a half hours to play 5 matches. One thing that helps us stay on track is a by law that states ....if the 4 th match is not over by 10;00 you start the last match on another table. Tonight we were finished by 10:45.

Now playoffs or higher is different. Every one is more serious and may take more time between shots.....take time outs they usually dont take during regular session and like in my case ....play a chit load of safes that you normally would not play during the week. I probably average one or two safes a match during regular session and have played as many as 25 during playoffs or higher.

My longest ever match was a 4-5 race in 8 ball at a Napa nationals. It took 4 hours for me to win 4-4. Neither one of us played that slow. We both played a chit load of safes. I played a little old lady from Oklahoma and I think it was the toughest win I have ever had in my life.
 
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